To Diognetus 11.6

Anonymous · To Diognetus · ca. 150–200 (disputed) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Law, prophets, gospels, and apostles are honored in the church.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:376

εἶτα φόβος νόμου ᾅδεται, καὶ προφητῶν χάρις γινώσκεται, καὶ εὐαγγελίων πίστις ἵδρυται, καὶ ἀποστόλων παράδοσις φυλάσσεται, καὶ ἐκκλησίας χάρις σκιρτᾷ.

English · Claude translation

Then the fear of the law is sung, and the grace of the prophets is known, and the faith of the gospels is established, and the tradition of the apostles is guarded, and the grace of the church leaps for joy.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:376 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 350–379 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

“The gospels” (plural): an early witness to more than one written Gospel.

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Diogn. 11.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/6/).

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Diogn. 11.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/6/).

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